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James W. Toumey Born: Lawrence, MI 4/17/1864; died 1932 Education: Michigan Agric. College (B.S. 1889; M.S. 1896); Yale (M.A. 1906). Advisor: (no Ph.D.) Teaching history: Arizona 1892-98; Yale 1901-? Ph.D. students: Clarence F. Korstian
Lewis H. Tiffany Born: Lawrenceville, IL 7/29/1894; died 3/16/1965 Education: Eastern Illinois State Teachers College (1912-15); Chicago (B.S. 1919); Ohio State (M.S. 1921, Ph.D. 1923) Dissertation title: A physiological study of growth and reproduction among certain green algae (Ohio J. Sci. 24:65-98) Advisor: Edgar N. Transeau (signed dissertation) Teaching history: Ohio State 1920-37; Northwestern 1937-1962 (emeritus) Ph.D. students: Others influenced:…
Forest W. Stearns Born: Milwaukee, WI 9/10/18. died 9/8/1999 Education: Harvard (B.A. 1939); Wisconsin (Ph.M. 1940; Ph.D. 1947) Dissertation title: The composition of the sugar maple-hemlock-yellow birch association in northern Wisconsin (Ecology 32:245-265) Advisor: John T. Curtis (C) Teaching history: Purdue 1947-57; Univ. of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) 1968-87 ESA offices and honors: Vice President 1971-72; Treasurer 1972-75; President 1975-76; Distinguished Service…
Forrest Shreve Born: Easton, MD 7/8/1878; died 7/19/50 Education: Johns Hopkins (B.A. 1901; Ph.D. 1905) Dissertation title: The development and anatomy of Sarracenia purpurea L. (Bot. Gaz. 42:107-126) Teaching history: Johns Hopkins 1905-06; Goucher Coll. 1906-08 Advisor: Duncan S. Johnson (D) Comments: Sometimes thought to be a student of Burton E. Livingston (cf. H. A. Gleason letter to C. H….
Victor E. Shelford Born: Chemung, NY 9/22/1877; died 12/27/1968 Education: Univ. of Chicago (B.S. 1903; Ph.D. 1907) Dissertation title: The life histories and larval habits of the tiger beetles (J. Linn. Soc. London (Zool.) 30:157-184) Advisor: C. M. Child (see comments) Comments: Academic mentorship at Chicago in the early 20th century seems to have been rather ambiguous. According to his…
Aaron J. Sharp Born: Plain City, OH 7/29/04; died 11/15/1997 Education: Ohio Wesleyan (A.B. 1927); Oklahoma (M.S. 1929); Ohio State (Ph.D. 1938). Dissertation title: Taxonomic and ecologic status of eastern Tennessee Bryophytes (Amer. Midl. Nat. 21:267-354) Advisor: Glenn W. Blaydes (C) Comments: Also influenced by Frank C. Gates (during summer course at Mich. Biol. Sta.) Paul Sears (as Master’s student),…
Homer L. Shantz Born: Kent Co, MI 1/24/1876; died 6/23/1958 Education: Colorado Coll. (B.S. 1901); Nebraska (Ph.D. 1905). Dissertation title: A study of the vegetation of the mesa region east of Pikes Peak (Bot. Gaz. 42:16-47, 179-207) Advisor: Frederic E. Clements (D) Teaching history: Colorado Coll 1901-02; Nebraska 1903-04; Missouri 1905-06; Louisiana State 1907; Illinois 1926-28; Univ. of Arizona 1928-36…
Royal E. Shanks Born: Ada, OH 11/11/1912; died 8/4/1962 Education: Ohio Northern (B.A. 1933); Ohio State (M.S. 1937, Ph.D. 1938) Dissertation title: The original vegetation of a part of the lake plain of northwestern Ohio: Wood and Henry counties Advisor: H. C. Sampson (signed dissertation) Comments: E. N. Transeau was Shanks’ adviser for his Master’s thesis (Vegetation of Trumbull, Co.,…
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